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ST ANDREWS, Scotland, (Reuters) – American Zach Johnson claimed the second major victory of his career when he beat Australian Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa in a four-hole playoff at the British Open yesterday.

(Reuters) – Dale Steyn will join a select group of bowlers to claim 400 wickets with the South African paceman requiring four scalps in the two-test series against Bangladesh to reach the milestone.

LONDON, (Reuters) – South African batsmen Ashwell Prince and Alviro Petersen piled on a record 501 runs for the third wicket in Lancashire’s county championship match against Glamorgan yesterday.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA President Sepp Blatter yesterday announced a reform taskforce to try to leave the troubled body in better shape when he finally stands down after a new leader of world football is elected in February.

A forced goal-keeping change through injury coupled with dubious officiating influenced Chase Academy’s Georgetown South Zone Championship realization, defeating Morgan Learning Centre (MLC) 4-2 in yesterday’s grand finale of the nationwide Digicel Secondary Schools Championships.

National U-19 champion Nyron Joseph suffered his first defeat at the 33rd Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) championships going down to arch rival Trinidad’s Nku Patrick 3-2 when the singles part of the tournament continued in Barbados yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel posted their third win on the trot with a seven-run victory over Jamaica Tallawahs, as they continued their late surge in the Caribbean Premier League here yesterday.

Shaquel Agard took his second victory of the season by winning yesterday’s sixth annual 50-mile Massy Distribution sponsored event, edging Team Gillette Evolution’s Orville Hinds in a thrilling photo finish.

VALENCE, France, (Reuters) – Andre Greipel confirmed he was the sprint king at this year’s Tour de France when the German outpowered his rivals to win the 15th stage yesterday.

ST ANDREWS, Scotland, (Reuters) – Jordan Spieth sped through a gridlocked British Open leaderboard as a third straight major title loomed large but he had to share the spotlight with Irish amateur Paul Dunne at St Andrews yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The franchise owners of Indian Premier League (IPL) teams Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings were suspended for two years by the Indian cricket board yesterday for their role in an illegal betting scandal that erupted in 2013.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A rampant Australian pace attack ripped out a feeble England England for 103 to seal a crushing 405-run win in the second Ashes test at Lord’s yesterday and level the series at 1-1.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sarfraz Ahmed celebrated his promotion with a breezy 77 and leg-spinner Yasir Shah claimed a career-best 4-29 to help Pakistan crush Sri Lanka by 135 runs in the second one-day international yesterday and go 2-1 up in the five-match series.

HARARE, (Reuters) – A measured half century from opener Chamu Chibhabha propelled Zimbabwe to their first ever Twenty20 victory over former world champions India by 10 runs yesterday.

Kieron Pollard held his nerve during the final over to take the Barbados Tridents to a comfortable 14-run win over the Guyana Amazon Warriors in match 27 of the Hero CPL T20 tournament played at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence last evening.

Squash players from the defending overall team champion Guyana made a strong start for singles honours on the opening day of the 33rd Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) championships in Barbados yesterday In the boys U19 singles, Nyron Joseph defeated Sean Murphy of the Cayman Islands 11-13, 11-3, 11-8 11-6 while Alec Melville defeated James Lanser of Trinidad and Tobago 11-7, 11-6, 11-3.

Following their arrival on local shores yesterday, the provisional Lady Jaguars squad will officially commence training today for their upcoming for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Olympic Qualifier tournament.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel defeated St.Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 18 runs by the Duckworth Lewis method to improve their standings in the rain affected 28th match of the Caribbean Premier League here yesterday Chasing a revised target of 142 for victory, Patriots stumbled to 123 for seven from 14 overs after Red Steel posted 134 for five from the same number of overs in a match truncated because of two major rain delays.

Fitness fans get ready, the highly anticipated Supligen Mr. Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Show will be staged tonight at the Park Vue Hotel, Farm, E.B.D.

Problems are never far away in West Indies cricket; they have come in profusion for two decades now.